1988-91 BMW Z1 ? http://motvind.homeip.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/bmw%20z1.jpg They were designed on the classic principle of the lightweight roadster that had removable door panels & could be driven with or without doors. Because of this, they were deemed as illegal in the U.S. Yo...

A month late (b.December 15, 1907), but Happy 100th Birthday Oscar!!! bit of a harsh critic here: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/arts/design/26niem.html?_r=2&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin Why not? This only means he's still going strong even at such an age! I had the ...

Here's another article: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/01/another_one_bit_2.php Very sad story, and yet another reminder of the sad state cultural awareness is in. I was watching Michael Moore's movie "Sicko" last night, and I guess that Tony Benn (former British Secretary of State f...

A great inspiration; goodbye & thanks Mr. Sottsass. I watched him make the floor for his exhibit at the Pompidou Center 5 years ago. He poured colored resins into a work of art you could walk on. I don't know if this was salvaged or salvagable. The exhibit was made in his honor after he had deci...

I keep "talking" to myself here, but anyhow... I finally found where Paul Rudolph's Rubin house was situated , but only after I had left the place. :( But! I also saw a couple of pretty cool contemporary pieces: one by Arthur Dyson and also Krueck & Sexton's "Transparent House II&...

Them poor Canadians... :wink: Remember I was asking about interesting "modern" buildings in Pensacola a few weeks back? That ain't too close to CA, now is it? Talk about foreigners in a land foreign to anything "modern"! In the meantime, back to topic where scandimod seems to hav...

Thanks for the info :) Speed Racer (1967-68) - 52 episodes There have already been a couple of "revivals" of this 40yo series: The New Adventures of Speed Racer (1993) - American produced, 13 episodes with americanized character and vehicles design. Mach Go Go Go (1997) - Created by origin...

to the original question, in west oakland (where we used to live) there were many multi-family dwellings (condos / townhouses) which might be considered mcmodern, some are of a decent architectural pedigree, but many are pale knockoffs. judge for yourself. we lived in one similar and liked it quite...

Modern: no Contemporary: yes I hate seeing the word Modern used in such a way. :evil: contemporary is a nice catchall word for all things new, and otherwise, crap :) Joe, Contemporary : Current, belonging to the same period of time. Usually referring to our present time. I guess the McMansion could...

... jack nicholson, shelley duvall and danny boyle star.... That's Danny Lloyd (who is now 34). Mr. Lloyd didn't persue an acting career & is now a professor of biology. Danny Boyle 's the british director who brought us Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary, The Beach... Thanks fo...

Interesting point Nathan. Indeed, "Modernism" evolved out of many changes & movements throughout the 19th century & "machines" & their design played a great role in it. After WWI, fascinated by aviation & aerodynamics, designers pushed car design into the modern e...

MCM : roughly 1945~1965 (give or take a few...), though definitions will vary. So... IMHO: A "General Lee", but still a fantastic car! Had it been a 1968, it might have "just" qualified, all of this due to the four-speed, triple-black 1968 Charger R/T used in Bullitt . ... It's t...

Hello Jimmy, You seem to need help here? You might want to try the following example. Go to your image page where you have all sizes proposed: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1471480696&size=l Choose the size image you want. This for example: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=14714...

Paul MacCready, who is famous for inventing the first practical flying machine powered by a human being, and who also collaborated with General Motors on the EV-1, passed away on August 28. He would have turned 83 tomorrow.